Factanonverba
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2010
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Its been over 16 years since I've owned a tarantula, and for whatever reason I decided to check out the local herp & invert specialty shop and walked out with a Chilean Rose labeled as a Grammastola Porteri.
Anyway, I bought a 5.5g for it (The T came with a plastic circular container about 6" in diameter), but when I placed it inside the tank with dried out coco bark substrate, it immediately started to climb up the sides of the glass, which made me nervous that it would fall and injure itself. So I placed it back in its store container for now.
I've done a little research and read that Ts sometimes do this because there is something they don't like about the substrate? I guess I cant blame it, the substrate had fairly large chunks of coconut in it that weren't apparent in block form.
So I purchased some zoo med coco fiber instead (which looked very fine in block form) and so far, it seems to be very soft, but still very moist and is taking longer to dry out than the coco bark. Anyway, I'm wondering, if the T continues its climbing behavior even with the newer substrate, is there anything I can do to make it more comfortable inside its new home to mitigate this behavior?
Anyway, I bought a 5.5g for it (The T came with a plastic circular container about 6" in diameter), but when I placed it inside the tank with dried out coco bark substrate, it immediately started to climb up the sides of the glass, which made me nervous that it would fall and injure itself. So I placed it back in its store container for now.
I've done a little research and read that Ts sometimes do this because there is something they don't like about the substrate? I guess I cant blame it, the substrate had fairly large chunks of coconut in it that weren't apparent in block form.
So I purchased some zoo med coco fiber instead (which looked very fine in block form) and so far, it seems to be very soft, but still very moist and is taking longer to dry out than the coco bark. Anyway, I'm wondering, if the T continues its climbing behavior even with the newer substrate, is there anything I can do to make it more comfortable inside its new home to mitigate this behavior?